An experimental NASA solar sail can be seen in the night sky as it orbits the Earth. NASA's Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3) launched in April 2024 atop a Rocket Lab Electron rocket. The ...
The sun’s outer atmosphere resembles a pufferfish.
On April 23, NASA launched a solar sail protype to orbit around our planet — a piece of technology that could very well revolutionize the way we think about spacecraft propulsion. Then, on Aug. 29, ...
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NASA released 30 amazing high-def photos of the largest planet in our solar system—Jupiter
With all of the worrying things happening here, on earth, one way to take your mind off them is to look at the beauty of the cosmos. Luckily, NASA is still out there exploring outer space and ...
NASA’s Advanced Composite Solar Sail System (ACS3), a dazzling spacecraft designed to make use of the tiny amounts of radiation pressure exerted by sunlight for propulsion, is still spinning through ...
The newest bunch of space enthusiasts in NASA’s Solar System Ambassadors Program is hard at work, planning events to educate various communities on their one true passion: space. The program, which is ...
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NASA’s PUNCH mission captures unprecedented views of the sun and solar system
The Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) has unveiled groundbreaking results from NASA’s PUNCH mission, revealing a breathtaking, continuous view of the solar corona and solar wind in unprecedented ...
On June 25, Tuesday, a small fleet of scientific instruments known as the Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors (EXIS) will be launched into 22,000 miles in space. Developed by researchers ...
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of ...
The solar system originated from a collapsing cloud of gas and dust approximately 4.5 billion years ago, with the Sun forming in the central region through nuclear fusion and the planets condensing ...
For most, getting into a car is a task that can be done without assistance. Yet for those whose destination is the moon, the ...
The Artemis II mission, which could launch as early as February, is expected to send four astronauts on a trip to the moon, ...
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